This
Companion offers a thorough, concise overview of the emerging field of humanities computing.
- Contains 37 original articles written by leaders in the field.
- Addresses the central concerns shared by those interested in the subject.
- Major sections focus on the experience of particular disciplines in applying computational methods to research problems; the basic principles of humanities computing; specific applications and methods; and production, dissemination and archiving.
- Accompanied by a website featuring supplementary materials, standard readings in the field and essays to be included in future editions of the Companion.
Notes on Contributors viii
Foreword: Perspectives on the Digital Humanities xvi
Roberto A. Busa
The Digital Humanities and Humanities Computing: An Introduction xxiii
Susan Schreibman, Ray Siemens, and John Unsworth
PART I History
1 The History of Humanities Computing 3
Susan Hockey
2 Computing for Archaeologists 20
Harrison Eiteljorg, II
3 Art History 31
Michael Greenhalgh
4 Classics and the Computer: An End of the History 46
Greg Crane
5 Computing and the Historical Imagination 56
William G. Thomas, III
6 Lexicography 69
Russon Wooldridge
7 Linguistics Meets Exact Sciences 79
Jan Hajic¡
8 Literary StulS%